Mitchell postgame quotes

Willie Mitchell’s postgame thoughts…

(on his goal…)
MITCHELL: “It was just a great play by Willy [Justin Williams] to draw the guy in and kind of give me some time to shoot it. I was just trying to find the far side of the net, because there was a lot of traffic in front. Fortunate enough for us, it went in.”

(on having his goal be the game-winner…)
MITCHELL: “I’d be lying if I said it doesn’t feel good. Of course it does, but number one is winning. That’s what we’re here to do. If I can sneak one in to help the team win, so be it.”

(on holding the lead after his goal…)
MITCHELL: “I think that’s something we’re starting to do a better job of. Because we’re not a high-scoring team, that’s something that we have to really focus on, that being the strength of our hockey club. I thought we did a pretty good job of that. It wasn’t our best game, but we locked it down after that. We didn’t really give them any quality chances, and that’s what you need to do at this time of year. All the games are tight.”

(on overcoming the first 10 minutes…)
MITCHELL: “It’s a road game but it’s not, because we’re back in our surroundings, in the L.A. area. I think maybe the first 10 minutes was just getting back in the swing of things after three days of being off. When you’re playing every second day, if you ask players, they like that. When you hit a little lull, it’s tougher. You have to refocus and get your feel again. So I think it just kind of gradually came.”

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